Skip Bin Hire for General Waste

When hiring a skip bin, it is important to use it effectively. At Best Price Skip Bins, we have the right type of bin for all domestic and small business waste. We help you decide how to recycle or discard a huge range of waste materials.

While we can deal with almost anything you throw out, we work with you to separate your waste products. General waste is the most common type of disposal we carry out, but this, too, has different categories.

What To Put in a General Waste Skip

Household Waste

Clothes, paper, cardboard, bedding, towels, kitchenware, bathroom accessories, duvets and cushions.

Light Commercial Waste

Office furniture such as desks, desk tidies, chairs and stationary.

Furniture & Appliances

Cupboards, loungers, washing machines, cots, beds, fridges, chairs and sofas.

Light Green Waste

Shrubs, grass, foliage, leaves and twigs.

Light Building Construction Waste

Wood, flooring and wallpaper. However, a general skip bin must not contain concrete in either clean or hard-fill forms. Cleanfill concrete has no metal strengthening rods; hard fill does. Either type of concrete can be dealt with by recycling plants. If it is thrown out with the general waste, the bin will now be classed as a Mixed Heavy Waste Bin and incur additional costs.

Non-Hazardous Waste

General waste must not include degradable substances. Food and soil waste must be dealt with separately from general waste.

Food waste degrades over time, and it can be used as compost or fuel. While these are positive aspects of natural breakdown, they cause problems with solid waste.

Gases build up as a product of biological action, which can be dangerous in any confined space. They can make waste disposal areas unstable, whether dug into the ground or in open-air sites. Food also attracts animals, which spread diseases and further destabilize tips.

Soil waste should also be kept away from general waste. It is a natural form of biological waste already, presenting similar problems to food waste. Soil also contains tetanus, which can be lethal if ingested through cuts.

What Not To Put in a General Skip

Hard & Heavy Materials

You may not put bricks, sand, concrete, tiles, clay or stones in a general waste bin.

Hazardous Waste

Hazardous waste such as asbestos is dangerous and remains so indefinitely. If mixed with general waste, its fibres can easily be disturbed and become a health hazard. Activities such as compacting will cause unstable materials to break up and disperse.

Degradable Waste

Food and soil waste degrades over time and can be used as compost or fuel. While these are positive aspects of natural breakdown, they cause problems with solid waste. Gases build up as a product of biological action, which can be dangerous in any confined space. They can make waste disposal areas unstable, whether dug into the ground or open-air sites. Food also attracts animals, which spread diseases and further destabilize tips. Soil also contains tetanus, which can be lethal if ingested through cuts.

For degradable waste, we recommend a green waste bin.

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